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Name: HARRIES, Cecil Gordon

Nee: 3rd son of Allen Charles Harries

Birth Date: 8.9.1885 Thaba Nchu, South Africa

Death Date: 10.6.1948 Nairobi

First Date: 1904 March

Last Date: 1948

Profession: Coffee planter

Area: The Vee Estate, Ruiru

Married: In Kiambu 7 Oct 1915 Winifred Marion Cass b. 2 July 1883 Glossop, Derbyshire, d. 27 Dec 1964 Nairobi

Children: Olivia 'Vee' (Lund); Iva Cecily (Boyce Roberts) (6 June 1918 Thika-24 June 2015 Nanyuki); John Oswald (5 June 1920); Derek Allen (1922)

Book Reference: Gillett, Red 25, EAWL, Red 31, Hut, Curtis, Harries, Pioneers, Red 22, Ruiru, Gazette, Wed, Barnes, SKP, Leader14

War Service: WW1 - Transport Service in Kenya

School: South Africa

General Information:

Source:- Mrs Iva Roberts
Curtis - p. 105 - 'Gold Mining' - 'Cecil Harries went off to the Gold Rush at Kakamega telling his family that if he struck it rich, he'd send them a wire saying 'Strawberry Sundae'. If his claim was mediocre, the wire would say 'Banana Split'. His daughter says: 'We never got a wire at all' - Contributed by Iva Robert
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Kiambu - C.G. Harries, Karamaini, Kiambu
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - Cecil Gordon Harries, British, age 63, died 10/6/48
SKP - 1938 - Society of Kenya Pioneers - over 30 years in Colony - arrived Mar 1904 - Ruiru
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Kikuyu - Cecil Gordon Harries, Farmer, Karamaini, PO Ruiru and Winifred Marion Harries, Married, Karamaini, PO Ruiru
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Kiambu Voters Roll
Gazette 10 May 1966 wife's probate
Barnes Langata Cemetery, Nairobi in / loving memory / of / Wnifred Marion Harries / "Duckie" / 1885 - 1964 (died 27 Dec 1964 Nairobi)

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